Earn a Bachelor’s degree and an Oregon Teaching license in 4 years. The program for the Education & Learning Major with ECE/Elem Authorization/Multiple Subjects Endorsement features student teaching as the capstone project and includes courses for earning an ESOL endorsement (highly desirable).

Semester One | Fall

Course

Credits

Comments

Core requirements with some electives

PSY 150 Intro to Psychology

4

Sometime in first year is best

ED 260 Foundations of Education

2

Could also be Semester 2, 3, or 4

Total

12-15

Semester Two | Spring

Winter

Core Requirements or an elective

2

Course

Credits

Comments

ED 260 Foundations of Education

2

Could also be taken semester 3 or 4

Philosophical or social foundations course

4

Could do both

PSY 150 Introduction to Psychology

4

Sometime in first year is best

MATH 22X Math for Elementary Teachers I/II (both recommended)

4

Courses alternate each spring

Core requirements with some electives

Total

4-14

Semester Three | Fall

Course

Credits

Comments

ED 308 Learning Communities I

2

Could be semester 5

Philosophical or social foundations course

4

Could do both

ED 260 Foundations in Education

2

Could also be semester 2 or 4

PSY Development course

4

Semester 4 or 5

ED 370 School and Society

2

Semester 5 also

Core requirements, focal studies, or electives

Total

10-14

Semester Four | Spring

Winter

Elective

2

Course

Credits

Comments

PSY Development Course

4

Semester 3 or 5 also

ED 260 Foundations of Education

2

Could also be semester 2 or 3

MATH 22X Math for Elementary Teachers I/II (both recommended)

4

Courses alternate each spring

ED 361 Ed Psych

4

Could be semester 5

Core requirements, focal studies, or electives

Total

8-14

Take ORELA. Apply for admission to the COE by the end of 2nd year. Interview sem 4 or sem 5 with passing test scores

Semester Five | Fall

Courses

Credits

Comments

ED 361 Ed Psych

4

Could be semester 4

PSY Development Course

4

Could be semester 3

ED 370 School and Society

2

Could be semester 3

ED 420 Language Acquisition in Children

2

Could be semester 7

ED 428 Teaching Reading through Child & Adolescent Literature

2

Could be semester 7

ED 308 Learning Communities I

2

Could be semester 3

ESOL 460 Foundations of ESOL Methods

2

Core requirements, focal studies, or electives

Total

6-18

Must be admitted to College of Education by end of Fall term in order to take Spring classes. Admission includes fingerprint clearance.